We love book clubs!
Great Beginnings Book Club
The Great Beginnings Book Club reads one book a month with two different meeting times.
- First Monday of the month at 6 pm in person at the Oregon Public Library Conference Room.
- NEW TIME First Wednesday of the month at 1pm at the Oregon Area Senior Center located at 219 Park St.
June's discussion is on Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
July - My Father's Brain by Sandeep Jauhar
August - All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
September - Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder
October - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
November - While You Were Out by Meg Kissinger
December - The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
View the Great Beginnings Dates or View the Great Beginnings (in the evening) Dates
Brown Bag Book Club
The Brown Bag Book Club meets the third Wednesday of the month at 11:30 am at the Oregon Public Library Conference Room.
May's discussion is on The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland
June - The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini by Joe Posnanski
July - Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
August - They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
September - Settlin' by Muriel Simms
October - The Henna Artist by Joshi Alka
November - Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
December - Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff
Other Book Clubs!
Are you a member of a book club? Need multiple copies of a book? No problem. Contact us at bookclub [at] oregonlibrary.org (bookclub[at]oregonlibrary[dot]org) or (608)835-3656.
Additionally, the Madison Public Library (MPL) provides book discussion kits. Go to the MPL website for more information: madisonpubliclibrary.org/book-club-kits.
Resources for Book Clubs
- Book Movement is the only resource of its kind. Book Movement is a free subscription website that lists popular book club books that are curated by their 48,000+ book clubs.
- Lit Lovers is a resource for book clubs with reading guides, book reviews, and lists of popular books.
- Reading Group Guides is a resource for book clubs with reading guides, book give-aways, and book recommendations.
- Reading Group Choices partners with publishers, independent bookstores, public libraries, and authors to develop resources to enhance the shared reading group experience.
Questions? Contact us at bookclub [at] oregonlibrary.org (bookclub[at]oregonlibrary[dot]org.)